PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AGENDA ITEM
ACTION REQUESTED:
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Reconvene the public hearing to consider the requested entitlements for 1244 E. Chicago Avenue (Heinen's) - PZC 23-1-111
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DEPARTMENT: Transportation, Engineering and Development
SUBMITTED BY: Adam Beaver, AICP Candidate, Community Planner
ENTITLEMENTS REQUESTED:
1. Rezoning from B1 to OCI
2. A conditional use in the OCI zoning district to permit a general retail use
3. Revocation of ordinance 72-052 restricting certain uses for the subject property.
BOARD/COMMISSION REVIEW:
Official notice for the public hearing for PZC 23-1-111 was published in the Naperville Sun on April 14, 2024. The public hearing was opened at the May 1, 2024 PZC meeting and continued to the May 15, 2024 meeting. The public hearing was reconvened at the May 15, 2024 meeting and continued to the June 5, 2024 meeting
BACKGROUND:
The subject property is located on the south side of East Chicago Avenue between Pembroke Road and Olesen Drive and is approximately 7.31 acres in size. The property has current common street addresses of 1256, 1260, 1262, 1264, 1266, 1268, 1270, 1272, 1274, 1276, 1280, 1284, 1290 E Chicago Avenue with a proposed new address of 1244 E Chicago Avenue. It is currently zoned B1 (Neighborhood Convenience Shopping Center District) and was previously utilized as a grocery store and retail center. The subject property is improved with a one-story building and associated parking areas which will be removed and replaced with the proposed improvements discussed herein.
The petitioner requested that the case be continued at the May 1, 2024 PZC meeting in order to meet with neighboring residents and understand their concerns with the proposal. Following that meeting, the petitioner requested that the case be continued at the May 15, 2024 meeting in order for them to make changes to their plans to address some of the concerns that the neighbors voiced at their meeting. The changes that were made are s...
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